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He’s back! Paul Merson gives us his season predictions ahead of the new Premier League campaign.

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In the final edition of our weekly journey through some of the worst David Gold and David Sullivan attacking signings during their time at our club, we look at the striker whose very name is the basis of this piece and another fairly awful Argentinian. Jonathan Calleri The dreadful Argentina Olympic star will go down in history as one of the worst Hammers strikers of the modern era, and a player whose performances …

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We’re back with our weekly fan magazine show ‘Your Shout’. On this episode Mike talks about the paucity of strikers and in particular the reliance on Sakho and Carroll to remain fit throughout the season. Regular contributor Mr B has quite a lot to say on the subject of our captain Mark Noble who came […]

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Bill Bonds will not be watching West Ham’s game against Manchester City this afternoon as he reckons pre-season games are as near meaningless as it gets. He said: I understand people getting a bit worked up when things go wrong and you don’t want to be suffering big defeats such as happened to Sunderland a […]

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West Ham have had no inquiries – never mind offers – for Manu Lanzini despite being aware of the “Liverpool rumour. However they know that agents are beavering away in the background as the transfer window speculation becomes more feverish with  the countdown to deadline day beginning to loom. There has been regular speculation that […]

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Sky Sports pundit Charlie Nicholas has shared his views on West Ham United ahead of the start of the 2017/18 season. Reviewing last season and previewing the next season, Charlie Nicholas has stirred up some controversy with some questionable opinions. Asked about our new transfers, Nicholas says that the arrival of Joe Hart is a […]

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Diafra Sakho is set to make his return to match action in a behind closed doors under 23s match against Spurs on Saturday. Having rejoined the first team squad, but having yet to make an appearance, we understand that Slaven Bilic has given the nod to his involvement in the game. And it’s hoped as […]

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Chicharito can’t wait for tomorrow afternoon and Manchester City declaring: “We have a lot of quality and a lot of different types of players and ways of playing, so it’s easy and we’re going to have a very good season, I hope. He enjoyed his first appearance in a Hammers shirt against Altona 93 adding: […]

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The creators of the West Ham mural in Priory road say they will finish at 2pm today and want as many West Ham fans to come down to join them to admire the completion of the street art.  Speaking to ClaretandHugh this morning they said “We are aiming for 2 pm We would love a […]

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Read this article: Video:Altona 93 3-3 West Ham Highlights

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West Ham are preparing to take on Altona 93 today in our penultimate pre-season friendly. With the kick-off at 17:30, Altona 93 will be the final match in Germany for the Hammers before we jet off to Iceland for a pre-season friendly against Manchester City. These two games will wrap up our pre-season preparations and […]

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Chicharito, Manuel Lanzini and Diafra Sakho are all y unlikely to feature in tomorrow’s pre-season friendly against Altonaer FC von 1893 in Oberliga Hamburg state league which is the fifth level of German football. While the friendly will like a cup final for the local German side, West Ham will not want to risk their star players […]

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It appears West Ham Chairman David Gold has had a change of heart when it comes to the Academy youngsters chances of breaking through. In May he faced wide spread criticism when he said “I think we all have to accept that it is extremely unlikely that a teenager will break into a PL team full […]

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It appears Robert Snodgrass will stay a Hammer after prospective championship clubs interested in him do not want to pay his £60,000 per week wages. The  Sun claims he is likely to stay put until the January transfer window. The Scotsman has been linked with interest from Championship clubs Aston Villa, Sheffield Wednesday, Leeds, Middlesbrough […]

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Burnley striker Andre Gray is now odds on favourite to join West Ham.  Bookmaker William Hill have reduced the odds to 5/6 for the 26-year-old to join the Hammers at the London Stadium with odds of 7/4 for him to stay at Turf Moor. Everton are listed at 4/1, Newcastle 7/1, Crystal Palace 14/1 while Spurs […]

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Turkish club Fenerbahce have been linked to possible interest to West Ham striker Diafra Sakho.  A report in Fantik claims the Turkish outfit has offered his services by representatives.  West Ham signed Sakho from French side FC Metz in August 2014 for £3.5m rising to £4.25m with add-ons. His basic wages at the time were just […]

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A majority of West Ham fans have voted that Slaven Bilic’s new-look team are booked for a top ten finish which will carry them into seventh or eighth place in 2017-18. A ClaretandHugh poll of 2,239 fans saw 42.5 per cent (952) claim that would be the club’s finishing position at the end of the […]

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West Ham are now hoping to announce Javier Hernandez as their new player this evening after the Mexican jumped straight off a ten-hour flight from Mexico to complete a medical. A two part medical was expected to be completed over two days with  Chicharito unveiled on Tuesday but the club and medical staff are working […]

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The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed the section “Academy news” appear on the ClaretandHugh header as we approach the  new season. And this reflects the growing importance of the academy to the club with prospects such as Declan Rice, Josh Cullen, Nathan Holland, Reece Burke, Quina and the other lads making their advance on […]

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West Ham have collected £5 million fee for Darren Randolph who was a free signing from Birmingham when joining the club. The Republic of Ireland keeper will join Middlesbrough for the new campaign following the arrival Joe Hart and the fee and his wages now go back into the pot for possible further investment in […]

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Mexican journalist Martín del Palacio who works out of Spain has got the Internet transfer rumour machine in overdrive this weekend after he suggested that Javier Hernandez would not be the only Mexican to join West Ham this summer. He tweeted  “Javier Hernandez will not be the only Mexican joining West Ham. On Monday, you will […]

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Some players pen heart felt messages to fans thanking them for their support when they leave a club but Marko Arnautovic has decided to post an unusual photo with a gesture saying “London here I come” to his Instagram followers. The 29-year-old is expected to complete a medical today ahead of a £20m move to West Ham […]

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“It was a good game for us,” Bilic told WHUFC.com “Again we treated it as a training test. We trained this morning before the game and it was quite hot, but we wanted to stick to our schedule. “We played with two teams each half – only Josh Cullen and Moses Makasi had to play […]

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by Carl Sampson When West Ham appointed Slaven Bilic to take the club forward, they were clearly looking to finish higher than 11th in the league which was last season’s finishing position. The move to the Olympic Stadium was  tough but in fairness few clubs make immediate successful transitions to new stadiums without a hiccup. […]

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Marko Arnautovic is undergoing a medical ahead of his club-record move to West Ham, according to Sky sources.

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West Ham are closing on a £16million move for Bayer Leverkusen striker Javier Hernandez. The clubs are expected to agree terms over the next 48 hours with Leverkusen looking for extra add-ons.

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